HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

Example 3–4 Staging Information in Save Log
Saving and Restoring Data
3.3 Cataloging Existing Savesets
21:21:07 COORD: Staging process PID : 2300143C
21:21:07 COORD: Staging catalog : ABS$CATALOG:ABS_CATALOG_4.STG;1
21:21:07 COORD: Staging procedure : ABS$CATALOG:ABS_CATALOG_4_1.COM;1
21:21:07 COORD: Staging logfile : ABS$LOG:ABS_CATALOG_4.LOG
In this example if the command procedure file “ABS$CATALOG:ABS_CATALOG_4_1.COM”
still exists it indicates that the staging unpack process has failed and you can manually execute
the command procedure to update the catalog.
Staging files by default are created in the first location pointed to by logcial name MDMS$CAT-
ALOG.
3.3 Cataloging Existing Savesets
You may catalog information from existing VMS Backup savesets on tape. This allows you to
lookup and restore files from savesets created outside of ABS.
Restrictions:
– The saveset must reside on tape
– Only VMS Backup savesets may be cataloged
– The tape volume must be defined in MDMS and allocated to ABS so that ABS may reference
the volume
– A separate catalog and archive should be created for the saveset information
To catalog the savesets, create a SAVE request with the name of the tape volume and the saveset
name, or wildcard, separated by a colon as the selection (include) and a data_type of
VMS_SAVESET:
MDMS CREATE SAVE mysaveset_catalog/INCLUDE=tap001:mysaveset.sav/DATA_TYPE =
VMS_SAVESET/ARCHIVE=my_archive/ENVIRONMENT=my_env/START=01-MAY-2002
or
MDMS CREATE SAVE mysaveset_catalog -
/INCLUDE=tape001:*/DATA_TYPE=VMS_SAVESET/ARCHIVE=my_archive/ENVIRON-
MENT=my_env/START=01-MAY-2002
ABS will load the tape listed in the include specification, then do a BACKUP/LIST of the contents,
loading the information into the ABS catalog defined in the archive. The original date of
the saveset will be preserved in the catalog.
Recommended Implementation:
It is recommended that you create a new catalog to store this data. You should also create a new
archive to be used by these cataloging operations. This is mainly if you are cataloging copied
tapes, where the dates of the original and the copied savesets will be duplicates.
This will allow you to choose to restore from the original or copies by selecting the appropriate
archive for the restore request.
For example:
Several ABS save requests were saved on tape ABS000 using the SYSTEM_BACKUPS
archive. Saveset Manager (SSM) was used to copy that tape to another tape, TAP000.
Before cataloging the data, do the following:
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